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Alliance for a Healthier Generation to Pursue Independent Non-Profit Status

Past Releases
5/27/2009	Alliance for a Healthier Generation Applauds Sodexo For Their Pledge to Fight Childhood Obesity
5/19/2009	The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the Beverage Tax
5/7/2009	Alliance Moms on Rachael Ray
2/19/2099	Alliance Launches Healthcare Initiative
9/10/2008	Announcement: 58% fewer beverage calories shipped to schools across USA
08/06/08	43 Schools Honored at 3rd Annual Healthy Schools Forum
07/15/08	Alliance for a Healthier Generation Selects 20 for Youth Advisory Board
09/19/07	President Clinton, Governor Schwarzenegger, American Heart Association President Visit Students and Staff at Columbia Middle School to Showcase Healthy Schools Program, also announce the Governor's Challenge for a Healthier Generation
09/17/07	Alliance for a Healthier Generation Statement of Support for American Beverage Association School Beverage Guidelines Progress Report
09/05/07	Nickelodeon & the Alliance Celebrate Worldwide Day of Play on September 29th, 2007
06/29/07	IDEA Health and Fitness Association and the Alliance announce joint effort to increase access to physial activity for nation's youth
08/07/07	Healthy Schools Program Receives $20 Million Expansion Grant
05/17/07	McCain Joins National Effort to Improve Child Nutrition
05/04/07	Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to Co-Lead the Alliance
04/26/07	Rachael Ray's Yum-o! Organization partners with the Alliance
04/10/07	The Second Season of the Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge Kicks Off
03/27/07	Snack Food Association endorses Alliance Snack Food Guidelines
03/07/07	Channel One and the Alliance Launch Partnership
03/01/07	South Hialeah Elementary School Awarded $5,000 Through
02/13/07	NBA Launches Youth Health Initiative-NBA Fit, Partners with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
11/15/06	Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander lends support to Nickelodeon and the Alliance's Campaign
10/6/06	Statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Concerning Agreement by Five U.S. Food Companies To Meet Nutritional Guidelines for Food Sold in Schools
10/6/06	President Clinton and American Heart Association Announce Joint Agreement Between Alliance for a Healthier Generation and Food Industry Leaders to Set Healthy Standards for Snacking in School
9/29/06	Nickelodeon and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation Kick Off the Search for the 2007 Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challengers
9/21/06	KaBOOM! joins Nickelodeon and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to mark Worldiwide Day of Play by encouraging kids to get active.
9/18/06	The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and Nickelodeon celebrate the '06 Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge' Finale and Worlwide Day of Play with more than 860 local events across 9 countries.
7/31/06	Alliance for a Healthier Generation Healthy Schools Forum Gives Educators Tools to Transform School Health Environments
5/3/06	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statement on Action by U.S. Beverage Distributors to Restrict Soft Drink Marketing in Schools
5/3/06	Alliance for a Healthier Generation Clinton Foundation and American Heart Association – and Industry Leaders Set Healthy School Beverage Guidelines for U.S. Schools
4/30/06	LJP Go Healthy Challenge
2/28/06	President Clinton Addresses the National Governors Association about the Obesity Crisis in the United States
2/13/06	Clinton Foundation, American Health Association, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help schools create a healthier environment for nation's students

Media Articles

10/1/06	"A Day in the Life of Sasha Cohen" Nickelodeon Magazine, September 2006
8/1/06	"Take It From the Pros" Nickelodeon Magazine, August 2006
4/27/06	"Reality TV for Children, With Better Health as the Prize" New York Times, April 27, 2006
2/28/06	"Bill of Health" Nickelodeon Magazine, February 2006
2/13/06	"Huck Thin" Nickelodeon Magazine, February 2006
9/25/05	"We Must Act Now" Parade Magazine, September 25, 2005

Transcripts and Remarks

2/28/06	Transcript: President Clinton Addresses the National Governors AssociationAbout the Obesity Crisis in the United States
2/13/06	Transcript: Robert Carson, Chairman of the Board, American Heart Association Remarks on the Healthy Schools Program Launch
2/13/06	Healthy Schools Coalition Statements
10/20/05	Transcript: Dr.Robert Eckel , President of the American Heart Association Remarks on the Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge
5/3/05	Transcript: President Clinton talks about Healthier Generation Initiative on Good Morning America
5/3/05	Transcript: President Clinton's Remarks on the Healthier Generation Initiative to Stop Childhood Obesity
5/3/05	Transcript: Alice Jacobs, MD , President of American Heart Association, Remarks on the Healthier Generation Initiative to Stop Childhood Obesity
5/3/05	Transcript: Dr.Robert Eckel , President Elect of the American Heart Association Remarks on the Healthier Generation Initiative to Stop Childhood Obesity

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The nation’s leading health foundation dedicated exclusively to improving the health and health care of Americans awarded the Alliance $8 million to support its innovative Healthy Schools Program.
Learn more about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp